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then cia director and then secretary of defense. it is you, jim baker, donald rumsfeld, dick cheney, you're on this mount rushmore of guys that have held every office other than the president. >> it's been a hell of a ride. i really enjoyed it. in many ways. you know, it's kind of the son of italian immigrants i've kind of lived the american dream, which is i've gotten a lot of opportunities to serve the country. and i've been able to do some great things. i really, you know, in the end i used to ask my father why as an immigrant he came to the united states. he said because we wanted to make sure our children had a better life. i hope that that's my legacy that in some way in all those jobs i gave our children a better life. >> i want to ask you a little about all of it, but i want to start with we've now had back-to-back secretary of defense that did a stint as head of the cia. how important was that stint? having that experience at the cia, how does -- how are future secretary of defenses -- what are they missing by not knowing h
then cia director and then secretary of defense. it is you, jim baker, donald rumsfeld, dick cheney, you're on this mount rushmore of guys that have held every office other than the president. >> it's been a hell of a ride. i really enjoyed it. in many ways. you know, it's kind of the son of italian immigrants i've kind of lived the american dream, which is i've gotten a lot of opportunities to serve the country. and i've been able to do some great things. i really, you know, in the end i...
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. >> today defense secretary leon panetta laid out the consequences for the military after so-called sequestration. package of spending cuts and tax cuts but to the republicans suggested instead cutting the federal work force. today outgoing defense secretary leon panetta warned failure to get a deal will have real consequences for u.s. military readiness. >> this is not a game. this is reality. >> if the automatic cuts go into effect he says expect action from the pentagon including furloughing as many as 800,000 civilian workers for up to 22 days. cutting back on army training and maintenance, shrinking naval operations and reducing air force flying hours and weapons and its. today a group of house republicans proposed cutting the federal work force by 10%. >> our defense should not be used as a bargaining chip because of other policy aspirations of people want to accomplish. >> house speaker john boehner called sequestration a bad idea. he says it was forced upon republicans by president obama. >> it is taking a meat ax to our government and many programs in national defense. >> e
. >> today defense secretary leon panetta laid out the consequences for the military after so-called sequestration. package of spending cuts and tax cuts but to the republicans suggested instead cutting the federal work force. today outgoing defense secretary leon panetta warned failure to get a deal will have real consequences for u.s. military readiness. >> this is not a game. this is reality. >> if the automatic cuts go into effect he says expect action from the pentagon...
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defense, a tax reform do it all white blossoms and. lou: wise the president absolutely adamantly opposed to do the one thing to cement his legacy to do these demonstrably necessary thing to clean up fiscal policies. >> here is not committed did to a view. lou: nation surviving? >> redistribution, he told you that and ran on that. lou: there will be no money to redistribute. >> he only wants the sexy issues when somebody looks up the legacy in 50 years. >> she is right also muddle through. lou: i am thinking democrats and republicans don't like to work very hard. [laughter] thank you. >> i am going to miss the saturday junk mail from the post office, has tagged not really. join us tomorrow. good night from new york. officemax is celebrating our new collaboration with go daddy! with an online package including: domain name, website builder with five pages and basic email just $49.99! that's up to 76 percent below online providers and only at officemax stores!
defense, a tax reform do it all white blossoms and. lou: wise the president absolutely adamantly opposed to do the one thing to cement his legacy to do these demonstrably necessary thing to clean up fiscal policies. >> here is not committed did to a view. lou: nation surviving? >> redistribution, he told you that and ran on that. lou: there will be no money to redistribute. >> he only wants the sexy issues when somebody looks up the legacy in 50 years. >> she is right...
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they will discuss the results of the defense department's internal review of the attack on the u.s. consulate. four americans were killed there including ambassador chris stevens. >>> the threat of huge budget cuts next smooth forcing the pentagon to make a drastic move this morning. defense secretary leon panetta says the number of aircraft carriers stationed in the critical persian gulf is being reduced from two to one. the decision comes just one day before the uss harry truman was to leave norfolk for the gulf. two carrier groups have been kept in the region for most of the past two years because of rising tensions with iran. >>> and we've learned the man chosen to replace leon panetta as defense secretary will not receive a confirmation vote today as originally planned. the senate armed services committee decided to delay the vote on former senator chuck hagel after demands for more information from republicans. several senators have asked for more detail of hagel's business dealings and contents of past speeches. democrats say the move is just political posturing, and they ful
they will discuss the results of the defense department's internal review of the attack on the u.s. consulate. four americans were killed there including ambassador chris stevens. >>> the threat of huge budget cuts next smooth forcing the pentagon to make a drastic move this morning. defense secretary leon panetta says the number of aircraft carriers stationed in the critical persian gulf is being reduced from two to one. the decision comes just one day before the uss harry truman was...
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defense secretary leon panetta's almost last day on benghazi and david beckham's latest foray into the nether world. >>> welcome back. here are some other stories making news this morning. while being grilled by the senate armed services committee outgoing defense secretary leon panetta strongly defended the pentagon's response to the september 11 attack in benghazi that left chris stevenson and three others dead. panetta told lawmakers there just wasn't enough time to get attack aircraft to the scene. >>> today, president obama will speak at a farewell dinner for panetta. who will be replaced by chuck hagel if replaced by the senate. >>> and michelle obama plans to travel to chicago to attend the funeral for 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. an honor a student and band majorette who participated in the inauguration festivities. hadiya was the victim of gun violence last week. fatally shot about a mile from the obama home. no arrests have been made. >> now to our big story of the day, that potentially historic blizzard bearing down on the northeast. if jim cantore shows up in your town it'
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. >>> defense secretary leon panetta's rough almost last day on benghazi. >>> plus, david beckham's last for foray into the real word. that's on "early today" returns. >>> welcome back. here are some other stories making news this morning. while being grilled by the senate armed services committee outgoing defense secretary leon panetta strongly defended the pentagon's response to the attack in benghazi that left chris stevenson and three others dead. there just wasn't enough time to get attack aircraft to the scene. >>> today, president obama will speak at a farewell dinner for panetta. he will be replaced by chuck hagel if replaced by the senate. >>> and michelle obama plans to travel to chicago to attend the funeral for 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. a band student and honor opportunity who participated in the inauguration festivities. hadiya was the victim of gun violence last week. fatally shot about a mile from the obama home. >>> wall street is bracing for a blizzard. keep an eye on linkedin today. the professional social media network shot up 10%. thanks to earnings that dealer do
. >>> defense secretary leon panetta's rough almost last day on benghazi. >>> plus, david beckham's last for foray into the real word. that's on "early today" returns. >>> welcome back. here are some other stories making news this morning. while being grilled by the senate armed services committee outgoing defense secretary leon panetta strongly defended the pentagon's response to the attack in benghazi that left chris stevenson and three others dead. there...
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. >>> potential cuts to the defense department budget are causing changes in the military operation. the pentagon says it will reduce the naval presence sense in the persian gulf. the uss harry trumman to head to the gulf has been canceled. defense secretary leon panetta warns under the automatic cuts, pentagon workers could face additional cuts. >>> vice president joe biden choked up after speaking about the recent tragedy at sandy hook. >> when people tell me that you can't prevent these kinds of occurrences, that doesn't mean we can't do something to god forbid if it happens again, diminish the carnage. it matters. it matters. >> biden may have been made an emotional appeal to house democrats last night, urging them to support the oh bam in administration's gun control agenda as the vice president recounted specific examples of 1600 gun related deaths that december day to remind his audience as their obligation as lawmakers to act and on the political consequences of backing controversial gun legislation, biden argued, i promise you, times have changed. >>> this morning, the los a
. >>> potential cuts to the defense department budget are causing changes in the military operation. the pentagon says it will reduce the naval presence sense in the persian gulf. the uss harry trumman to head to the gulf has been canceled. defense secretary leon panetta warns under the automatic cuts, pentagon workers could face additional cuts. >>> vice president joe biden choked up after speaking about the recent tragedy at sandy hook. >> when people tell me that you...
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the budget cuts are called sequestration and could have a huge effect on defense. gary nurenberg has more. >> this is not a game. this is reality. >> reporter: an angry defense secretary wednesday on the consequences of those automatic cuts to american defense. >> they would degrade our ability to respond to crisis precisely at a time of rising instability across the globe. >> reporter: "u.s.a. today" obtained documents spelling out some of the cuts. >> they say that readiness is affected because they can't train and they can't sail ships as often. >> reporter: the pentagon announced wednesday afternoon the 5,000 crew members on the u.s.s. truman will be staying in norfolk and not deploying to the persian gulf. saving? >> in the hundreds of millions of dollars. >> reporter: panetta said? >> we'll be able to take our responsibilities in afghanistan but if something else came up, say in syria or mali or libya, it wouldn't necessarily be an ought mat ig thing that we'd be -- automatic thing that we'd be able to send troops or equipment. >> reporter: no money for milit
the budget cuts are called sequestration and could have a huge effect on defense. gary nurenberg has more. >> this is not a game. this is reality. >> reporter: an angry defense secretary wednesday on the consequences of those automatic cuts to american defense. >> they would degrade our ability to respond to crisis precisely at a time of rising instability across the globe. >> reporter: "u.s.a. today" obtained documents spelling out some of the cuts. >>...
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it was federal spending pretty much defense spending. how do you look at that fourth quarter compared to the first half of this year? is the harbinger of things to come or is it going to look like an aberration in their rearview mirror i will start with frank and then move this way. >> was a bit of an aberration and one of the positives i saw in the fourth quarter was the contribution on the housing sector and that is the residential investment. to become. for much of the recovery the housing hasn't been there. housing continues to weaken and be a subtraction for economic activity in 2009, 2010, 2011. finally in 2012 housing began to contribute and takes up in the housing starts and flows through the residential investment and the investment contributed about four tenths of a percentage point in the overall gdp or helped make it less negative. of what we are expecting to see is a bigger role for housing in supporting economic growth in 2013 to the we are expecting that over 2013 housing in the residential investment will contribute close
it was federal spending pretty much defense spending. how do you look at that fourth quarter compared to the first half of this year? is the harbinger of things to come or is it going to look like an aberration in their rearview mirror i will start with frank and then move this way. >> was a bit of an aberration and one of the positives i saw in the fourth quarter was the contribution on the housing sector and that is the residential investment. to become. for much of the recovery the...
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our own samantha bee explores this more in depth with this report >> reporter: last week defense secretary leon panetta made military history when he lifted the ban on women serving in combat. immediately, objections were raised. >> there is a difference in the physicality of women and men >> it's a terrible idea. you're going to have the sex assault problem >> people are going to die reporter: author and military expert kingsley brown >> women in combat positions are a threat to military cohesion. it's not clear that men can actually bond with women the way they bond with other women >> reporter: so women can disrupt romance in combat zones? >> almost by definition. reporter: who are these fatigue hags jeopardizing all that military cohesion? meet marine corps captain zoe biddle a plaintiff in the lawsuit to lift the ban on women in combat >> i think it's about time that women are allowed to serve in all roles >> reporter: why do you want to be the one to break up the band of brothers? don't be the yoko >> unit cohesion is based around common mission and being held to standards. >> report
our own samantha bee explores this more in depth with this report >> reporter: last week defense secretary leon panetta made military history when he lifted the ban on women serving in combat. immediately, objections were raised. >> there is a difference in the physicality of women and men >> it's a terrible idea. you're going to have the sex assault problem >> people are going to die reporter: author and military expert kingsley brown >> women in combat positions...
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defense, a tax reform do it all white blossoms and. lou: wise the president absolutely adamantly opposed to do the one thing to cement his legacy to do these demonstrably necessary thing to clean up fiscal policies. >> here is not committed did to a view. lou: nation surviving? >> redistribution, he told you that and ran on that. lou: there will be no money to redistribute. >> he only wants the sexy issues when somebody looks up the legacy in 50 years. >> she is right also muddle through. lou: i am thinking democrats and republicans don't like and republicans don't like to work very hard. this is $100,000. and republicans don't like to work very hard. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally.
defense, a tax reform do it all white blossoms and. lou: wise the president absolutely adamantly opposed to do the one thing to cement his legacy to do these demonstrably necessary thing to clean up fiscal policies. >> here is not committed did to a view. lou: nation surviving? >> redistribution, he told you that and ran on that. lou: there will be no money to redistribute. >> he only wants the sexy issues when somebody looks up the legacy in 50 years. >> she is right...
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. >>> and later no defense against this on the eve of the super bowl looking at another american sports tradition. >>> the social media giant twitter says it has become the latest victim in a string of sophisticated hacking attacks aimed at exposing users' private information. experts believe the attack, which follows others launched against three of this country's largest newspapers, is the latest illustration of a dire need for more experts with the training to prevent them. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has more tonight. >> reporter: at the offices of cyber watch dog mandiant security computer consultant for "the washington post" and "new york times" a constant vigil keeps watch for signs of attacks on them and other clients. the company also devises ways to stay a step ahead to block attempted intrusions from succeeding. >> there is always going to be some kind of gap attackers can exploit and very often we see companies haven't invested in responding to the fact that they will sustain a breach and many times they're caught flat footed when it occurs. >> reporter: with c
. >>> and later no defense against this on the eve of the super bowl looking at another american sports tradition. >>> the social media giant twitter says it has become the latest victim in a string of sophisticated hacking attacks aimed at exposing users' private information. experts believe the attack, which follows others launched against three of this country's largest newspapers, is the latest illustration of a dire need for more experts with the training to prevent them....
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meanwhile secretary of defense leon panetta testifies on capitol hill today about the deadly attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi, libya. this follows his dire warnings yesterday about the impact of dramatic budget cuts due to kick in next moth the so-called sequestration. panetta spelled out a list of cuts the pentagon will have to make, cuts he says will seriously undermine the military. susan mcginnis is in washington this morning. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the cuts are already happening. the pentagon is shrinking its presence in the persian gulf of aircraft carriers. it's par of that long list that secretary panetta released saying these cuts are going to have to happen in the coming weeks all because congress cannot agree on an alternative to the automatic budget cuts that are planning to kick in as well as a 2013 budget. the "uss truman" was scheduled to pull out of norfolk, virginia, tomorrow expected to head to the persian gulf but wednesday afternoon word came in the truman will stay in port to save money. >> playing the waiting game. it's not very n
meanwhile secretary of defense leon panetta testifies on capitol hill today about the deadly attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi, libya. this follows his dire warnings yesterday about the impact of dramatic budget cuts due to kick in next moth the so-called sequestration. panetta spelled out a list of cuts the pentagon will have to make, cuts he says will seriously undermine the military. susan mcginnis is in washington this morning. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie....
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defense downsize. >> if these cuts happen, there will be a serious disruption in defense programs and a sharp decline in our military readiness. >> leon panetta is leaving his job as secretary of defense. in an impassioned address this week, secretary panetta warned of the looming budget cuts the pentagon faces due to sequestration. sequestration is washington argot for automatic spending cuts that will slash defense department budget by roughly $42.7 billion this year alone. the cuts are currently scheduled to go into effect on march 1, three weeks away. in his speech, panetta says the pentagon is already preparing itself for the budget axe. one of the most visible signs weeing the reduction from two to one the number of aircraft carriers the u.s. operates in the critical persian gulf. >> this is not a game. this is reality. these steps would seriously damage a fragile american economy, and they would degrade our ability to respond to crisis precisely at a time of rising instability across the globe. >> question. can the pentagon survive budget cuts or are secretary panetta's worries
defense downsize. >> if these cuts happen, there will be a serious disruption in defense programs and a sharp decline in our military readiness. >> leon panetta is leaving his job as secretary of defense. in an impassioned address this week, secretary panetta warned of the looming budget cuts the pentagon faces due to sequestration. sequestration is washington argot for automatic spending cuts that will slash defense department budget by roughly $42.7 billion this year alone. the...
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. >>> the sendoff planned for outgoing defense secretary leon panetta. >> rain and even snow this morning. live outside of union station in northeast washington. [ male announcer ] so there's lots of people out there who aren't happy with their internet. [ ty ] hi, are you lindsey? yes. did you say, "my internet's so slow it's like a car with no gas"? yes. [ male announcer ] well, lindsey, you're about to get verizon fios quantum, america's fastest, most reliable internet. so that's what you used to have... okay. and that's fios. wow, this is crazy fast, almost unbelievable. [ male announcer ] that will put some gas in the old tank, lindsey. supercharge your internet speeds. switch to fios and we'll triple your speed for free with an upgrade to fios quantum. living life at quantum speed, call the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's powerful. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> while you were sleeping, we were keeping close tabs on the roads across the region as a winter storm bears down on the east coast. here's a live look at the roads in virginia. i-66 at glebe road there. thin
. >>> the sendoff planned for outgoing defense secretary leon panetta. >> rain and even snow this morning. live outside of union station in northeast washington. [ male announcer ] so there's lots of people out there who aren't happy with their internet. [ ty ] hi, are you lindsey? yes. did you say, "my internet's so slow it's like a car with no gas"? yes. [ male announcer ] well, lindsey, you're about to get verizon fios quantum, america's fastest, most reliable...
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by reducing the defense budget. but we have to do it in a way that did not simply hollow out the force. every other war, we made a terrible mistake of halloween out the force. coming out of the cold war and vietnam. the attitude was cut out defense. so we cannot repeat that mistake. the best way to do that is to then establish a strategy. what is the defense strategy we won't in order to create the force that we need. not just today, the force of the 21st century. and how do we do this in a way that also meets our commitment to our service members and to our families, so we do not we trust with them. our effort then was aimed at developing a defense strategy. for what we needed in the 21st century. during the course of my first six months as secretary, we work together as a team. everyone in the room. something that was not exactly that prevalent in the past. military over here, billions over here -- not that often do they come together to really work to resolve policy. my approach was that i have to be able to work
by reducing the defense budget. but we have to do it in a way that did not simply hollow out the force. every other war, we made a terrible mistake of halloween out the force. coming out of the cold war and vietnam. the attitude was cut out defense. so we cannot repeat that mistake. the best way to do that is to then establish a strategy. what is the defense strategy we won't in order to create the force that we need. not just today, the force of the 21st century. and how do we do this in a way...
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we have already cut 487 billion out of defense. the $500 billion in additional sequestration and the way it is done, with no strategy or plan, it is is disastrous. the commander-in-chief ought to step up and face the fact that he is the commander-in-chief. we heard he won the election. okay, provide some real leadership and shelley. this quest to continually raise taxes is not going anywhere. we have already done that. now, we are asking for real leadership and a real solution. >> [inaudible question] >> you know, there are plenty of things to fight about. i think some of the differences that i have had with some of my republican friends is -- we are not that far apart. we all want to fix the deficit problem. there is no question about it. but i think when they look at this bill and understand what we are really facing, i do not believe that we will have a problem there. >> [inaudible question] [talking over each other] >> it is different great obviously, we have two different versions. the house has this attrition of the workforce
we have already cut 487 billion out of defense. the $500 billion in additional sequestration and the way it is done, with no strategy or plan, it is is disastrous. the commander-in-chief ought to step up and face the fact that he is the commander-in-chief. we heard he won the election. okay, provide some real leadership and shelley. this quest to continually raise taxes is not going anywhere. we have already done that. now, we are asking for real leadership and a real solution. >>...
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[applause] >> defense secretary leon panetta and joint chief chairman general dempsey testified about libya that killed for students and three other americans. we will be live touring at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. later, president obama chief counterterrorism advisor and the presidents choice to be cia director testifies against the senate intelligence committee. that hearing is live at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> president obama announces his nominee interior secretary ken salazar. postmaster general pastor donohoo announces the end of saturday mail delivery. "washington journal" is live. >> what i have discovered is the war strategy to achieve happiness and life is to make that your primary goal. if you make your happiness what you are striving for, you will not achieve it. you will be knossos cystic, self-involved, caring -- narcissistic, self-involved. happiness is best as a byproduct of other things. it is a five part of meaningful work -- five part of meaningful work, family, friends, good health, love, and care. we get happiness by throwing ourselves into life projects, involving
[applause] >> defense secretary leon panetta and joint chief chairman general dempsey testified about libya that killed for students and three other americans. we will be live touring at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. later, president obama chief counterterrorism advisor and the presidents choice to be cia director testifies against the senate intelligence committee. that hearing is live at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> president obama announces his nominee interior secretary ken salazar....
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you can watch chuck todd's full interview with the defense secretary on line. that's at meetthepressnbc.com. >>> this morning the baltimore ravens are the super bowl champions after defeating the san francisco 49ers 34-31 in a game that went down to the wire but not without a hitch. nbc's jay gray reports on all the festivities from the big easy. >> reporter: after a week of preparations and parties -- ♪ [ cheers ] >> reporter: the action moved inside. ♪ >> reporter: a poignant start. ♪ spacious skies >> reporter: students from sandy hook elementary singing "america the beautiful," and then -- ♪ o say >> reporter: a powerful rendition of the national anthem by alicia keys followed by the game. baltimore took a commanding lead early, and at halftime -- ♪ >> reporter: beyonce commanded the stage. ♪ all the single ladies >> reporter: joined in a surprise reunion by destiny's child. the second half began with an electric kickoff return by the ravens' jacoby jones. then the electricity went out. a loss of power left half the stadium in the dark and cause
you can watch chuck todd's full interview with the defense secretary on line. that's at meetthepressnbc.com. >>> this morning the baltimore ravens are the super bowl champions after defeating the san francisco 49ers 34-31 in a game that went down to the wire but not without a hitch. nbc's jay gray reports on all the festivities from the big easy. >> reporter: after a week of preparations and parties -- ♪ [ cheers ] >> reporter: the action moved inside. ♪ >>...
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the interesting thing is that this, as you know, was funded by the department of defense. they're very interested in doing things that help our returning veterans because they're seeing so much tremendous injuries. trauma medicine is so incredible now people are surviving these injuries. now we have to have a way to put them back together. >> doctor, you call him a medical miracle? >> he's a medical miracle. he has a great heart and i think we're going to hear a lot more from brendan in the future. >> thanks for breaking it all down. >> pleasure to be here. >>> the time now, 11:38 right here. still to come, a young virginia girl's fight against cancer and the blood drive she has inspired. >>> plus, a meal that may inspire love. food idea for valentine's day. it's coming up quick. it's next thursday. stay w >>> this weekend there's a great way to help others across our area. the fourth annual valentine blood drive is taking place in burke, virginia. aaron, ethan, and sadie lawyer join us along with terry graddock from blood services. dade i say that right? >> craddock. >> w
the interesting thing is that this, as you know, was funded by the department of defense. they're very interested in doing things that help our returning veterans because they're seeing so much tremendous injuries. trauma medicine is so incredible now people are surviving these injuries. now we have to have a way to put them back together. >> doctor, you call him a medical miracle? >> he's a medical miracle. he has a great heart and i think we're going to hear a lot more from...
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except for defense. now, i can debate that with anyone who wants to debate, but that has to be said, because this is a problem that we have dealt with and you've talked about, but we've got to get on record this administration has not given the priorities to the mail tear, and that's my statement. you can either agree with or not agree with. we have to do something about it. about an hour and 20 minute aves the first attack on benghazi's compound, secretary panetta, you and chairman dempsey were at the white house for a prescheduled meeting on a different topic at that time. and i think that's when tom donly came in and informed you all about what happened in benghazi. it that the right time frame? >> yeah. i think we have regular meetings with the president. this is one of our weekly meetings with the president, and i should tell you that i had -- just before i went into that meeting, got an update that there had been the attack there. so something -- i introduced to the president. >> i see. okay. let m
except for defense. now, i can debate that with anyone who wants to debate, but that has to be said, because this is a problem that we have dealt with and you've talked about, but we've got to get on record this administration has not given the priorities to the mail tear, and that's my statement. you can either agree with or not agree with. we have to do something about it. about an hour and 20 minute aves the first attack on benghazi's compound, secretary panetta, you and chairman dempsey...
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what the government is doing to recruit thousands of cyber cops and later no defense against this on the eve of the super bowl looking at another american sports tradition. i'm phyllis, and i have diabetic nerve pain. when i first felt the diabetic nerve pain, of course, i had no idea what it was. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it progressed from there to burning like i was walking on hot coals to like a thousand bees that were just stinging my feet. i have a great relationship with...
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thomas more hospital to cite the state's wrongful death act in defense of this lawsuit. the statement does go on to mention that the hospital also will not cite colorado's law that says fetuses are not people anymore. we also got a statement from the bishops of colorado. why now? the bishops say they weren't aware of what the lawyers were arguing. the bishops say chi's upper management didn't know what its own lawyers were arguing in court. after the news report, they say they became aware. they huddled and decided that the legal argument didn't align with church teachings. >> where does this leave the lawsuit, and i have to ask you because when you first aired the piece, i was so moved by the father jeremy talking when you visited the simitary with him at the wisite of his wife and children, what did he say? >> i talked to jeremy today. he didn't know about the statement. i read it to him over the phone. he said he was stunned, in shock, and he said wow. here is what his attorney is saying. quote, this is a self-serving document. it is inaccurate as to how it characteri
thomas more hospital to cite the state's wrongful death act in defense of this lawsuit. the statement does go on to mention that the hospital also will not cite colorado's law that says fetuses are not people anymore. we also got a statement from the bishops of colorado. why now? the bishops say they weren't aware of what the lawyers were arguing. the bishops say chi's upper management didn't know what its own lawyers were arguing in court. after the news report, they say they became aware....
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>>> defense secretary leon panetta came out in support of chuck hagel. president obama's choice for defense secretary. >> what you've heard from republicans thus far has been, why -- where is the calvary in all of this, why didn't the military over the course of what we've been told was a seven-hour incident if you can call it an incident. why over the course of seven hours was there not a strike team of some sort that could be put into benghazi to try to help out. on the show today, i had not just leon panetta, but as well the chairman of the joint chiefs, martin dempsey, and i asked them that very question, like why wouldn't you on 9/11, have troops sort of ready? and dempsey said to me, we did, the minute we knew the incident happened, the secretary of defense said, move some troops, scramble some troops, get them ready, let us know what their transit time would be. that's where it ended. i said, why didn't you just move them at that moment when you knew there was trouble. here's what dempsey said. >> we can't be a replacement. it was 9/11 elsewhere i
>>> defense secretary leon panetta came out in support of chuck hagel. president obama's choice for defense secretary. >> what you've heard from republicans thus far has been, why -- where is the calvary in all of this, why didn't the military over the course of what we've been told was a seven-hour incident if you can call it an incident. why over the course of seven hours was there not a strike team of some sort that could be put into benghazi to try to help out. on the show...
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i think he has talked about a bloated defense enterprise. i certainly hope he will take some of these issues on if he is confirmed. >> once again just to conclude and we appreciate your time very, very much. we can protect our national security as we must but at the same time we can slim down the defense department, we can make some cuts. that's what you're saying? >> i believe that's what we can do if we take the cuts in the right place. >> michelle flournoy, former undersecretary of defense under president obama, we appreciate it very much. thank you. >> now, folks, prepare yourself, america the mighty, ann coulter is about to join us. there's a lot that happened today that we'll have to ask her about that include new revelations about benz and the controversial drone program. you don't want to miss this discussion. ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wron
i think he has talked about a bloated defense enterprise. i certainly hope he will take some of these issues on if he is confirmed. >> once again just to conclude and we appreciate your time very, very much. we can protect our national security as we must but at the same time we can slim down the defense department, we can make some cuts. that's what you're saying? >> i believe that's what we can do if we take the cuts in the right place. >> michelle flournoy, former...
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we can't secure national defense secrets now. the odds are if we kept the registry. it's illegal now. if you go through the dicks system, they can check you but they can't keep the record. because it's checked and there's no gun registry. candidate imposed a big registry that would abolished because it costs billions of dollars and didn't do anything. back in the '60s between '60s and '80s people had to keep track of ammunition sales and the government said this is makes no sense because ammunition is a commodity that doesn't do any good. and it takes tons and tons of paperwork and bureaucrats for us to look at it. the question is what works and what wasn't work? those are things that don't. >> michael warren? >> you mentioned that -- the democrats who members of your organization it seems to me maybe the most prominent democrat associate with the nra is harry reid. i don't know if he's still a member, he was a member at one point. i wonder if you characterize the nra relationship with harry reid own the years and also talk about what you have communicated about over
we can't secure national defense secrets now. the odds are if we kept the registry. it's illegal now. if you go through the dicks system, they can check you but they can't keep the record. because it's checked and there's no gun registry. candidate imposed a big registry that would abolished because it costs billions of dollars and didn't do anything. back in the '60s between '60s and '80s people had to keep track of ammunition sales and the government said this is makes no sense because...
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officer murray was found to be acting in self-defense. >> jennifer franciotti is live in lutherville. >> it is raining heavily. roads here are just wet. very few delays. carroll county elementary school students, they did not delays school for you. salting operations going on. harford county schools delayed two hours. state highway officials are keeping a close eye on the situation. reporting live, jennifer franciotti. back to you. >> thank you. time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked, do you agree with producers giving celebrities dress-code requirements at events like the grammys and the oscars? [laughter] >> we will post more answers on our website, wbaltv.com. >> now weather and traffic together on the 1's. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. it is getting busier by the minute. we are dealing with what roads -- wet roads and that means problems. an accident eastbound on 100 just past telegraph road. 12 minutes on the north side outer loop. 37 miles per hour on the west side. live picture of 70 and
officer murray was found to be acting in self-defense. >> jennifer franciotti is live in lutherville. >> it is raining heavily. roads here are just wet. very few delays. carroll county elementary school students, they did not delays school for you. salting operations going on. harford county schools delayed two hours. state highway officials are keeping a close eye on the situation. reporting live, jennifer franciotti. back to you. >> thank you. time to get to your answers to...
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checking accounts around the nation, to say goodbye to defense secretary leon panetta. president obama and general martin dempsey will speak during a ceremony at the joint base meyer henderson hall in arlington. the move to the pentagon in june of 2011. the president nominated former nebraska senator chuck hagel to succeed leon panetta, but the senate is still going through the confirmation proceedings. >> to the hostage drama in alabama, which ended with a successful rescue of a little boy who was kidnapped and then taken into an underground bunker. we're learning the details of what happened days before when the gunman burst on to the school bus and took the child. the entire incident was caught on tape source. is a the drama escalated over four and a half minutes. the bus driver named charles stood in the aisle, placing himself between the gunman and his young passengers. had undergone training on intruder emergencies. >> from the information i received, he did use that training to save those children. >> he was killed in the incident. local judge has written to pres
checking accounts around the nation, to say goodbye to defense secretary leon panetta. president obama and general martin dempsey will speak during a ceremony at the joint base meyer henderson hall in arlington. the move to the pentagon in june of 2011. the president nominated former nebraska senator chuck hagel to succeed leon panetta, but the senate is still going through the confirmation proceedings. >> to the hostage drama in alabama, which ended with a successful rescue of a little...
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secretary of defense. he knows a lot about this stuff but he's trying to sell it, michael hastings, i think it's a little bit of "the wizard of oz" oz," the sweet old man behind all the bluster. >> if he is a catholic then he should remember the rule you thou shalt not kill. as a catholic myself, that's one that i try to follow pretty religiously. >> he is the secretary of defense. the cabinet might be full of lots of secretary of defense for all i know. >> a catholic to be secretary of defense, but they're violating one of the fundamentalel tenants of their religion. by very credible reports the bureau of investigative journalism one of them over 100 people under the age of 18 killed in drone strikes in pakistan, a country we're not at war with. that's more than five nutans. where we have these debates and we can't have assault weapons and we're the number one global arms seller. we're taking the leading edge on the drone technology. we're regularly killing people in countries we're not even at war with.
secretary of defense. he knows a lot about this stuff but he's trying to sell it, michael hastings, i think it's a little bit of "the wizard of oz" oz," the sweet old man behind all the bluster. >> if he is a catholic then he should remember the rule you thou shalt not kill. as a catholic myself, that's one that i try to follow pretty religiously. >> he is the secretary of defense. the cabinet might be full of lots of secretary of defense for all i know. >> a...
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here is a couple minutes of hearing. >> on that tragic day, as always, the department of defense was prepared for a wide range of contingencies. just to remind you that in ctc in the six months prior to that attack identified some 281 threats to u.s. diplomats, diplomatic facilities, embassies to ambassadors, and consulates worldwide. obviously been gauzy was one of those almost 300 areas of concern. unfortunately there was no specific intelligence are indications of an imminent -- intimate attack on the u.s. facilities in benghazi. frankly, without an adequate warning there was not enough time given the speed of the attack for armed military assets to respond. that is not just my view for general dempsey's you. it was the view of the accountability review board that studied. in the months since the tragedy in the temporary facility in the nearby and a seven gauzy we have learned to -- there were actually to short duration attacks that occurred some six hours apart. again, there was no specific intelligence that indicated a second attack would occur at the amex some 2 miles away. the
here is a couple minutes of hearing. >> on that tragic day, as always, the department of defense was prepared for a wide range of contingencies. just to remind you that in ctc in the six months prior to that attack identified some 281 threats to u.s. diplomats, diplomatic facilities, embassies to ambassadors, and consulates worldwide. obviously been gauzy was one of those almost 300 areas of concern. unfortunately there was no specific intelligence are indications of an imminent --...
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the president of the united states talked to the secretary of defense for 15 minutes, never talked to the secretary of state until after the attack was over. never made a phone call saying how close are we to help these people? where is chris stevens? what did he do when he was told the ambassador was missing? we've had one ambassador killed in the last 30 years. the president of the united states has to account for his leadership here. i intend to hold him accountable. thus far the white house has delayed, denied, deceived and stonewalled, and this has to come to an end. he has to account for his leadership. >> sean: joining me now with a lesson on leadership, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. mr. mayor, good to see you. thanks for being back. >> good to see you, sean. >> sean: president found out very early, when it was happening -- this went on for eight, nine hours, an -- and dit ask a single question the entire time. what's your reaction to that? >> well, the whole benghazi situation gets stranger and stranger. i mean, from the very beginning it's hard to figure out what
the president of the united states talked to the secretary of defense for 15 minutes, never talked to the secretary of state until after the attack was over. never made a phone call saying how close are we to help these people? where is chris stevens? what did he do when he was told the ambassador was missing? we've had one ambassador killed in the last 30 years. the president of the united states has to account for his leadership here. i intend to hold him accountable. thus far the white house...
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now to washington next defense a secretary. it's giving way to the next step. committee vote on chuck hagel could come as early as this week. is he a former nebraska senator. coming off that grilling on capitol hill. tonight, new criticism of his performance from both key republicans and democrats, including the president's former press secretary robert gibbs. disconcerting thing for anybody that watched it he seemed unprepared on the questions that quite frankly he knew was coming. >> but members of the obama administration including current defense secretary leon panetta are defending hagel. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey thinks very highly of hagel and confident about his abilities after speaking to him in private. >> i'm not going to grade his homework. i will say in my conversations with him he was well prepared, articulate, concise. >> you are confident that he can do the job? >> i'm not going to speak about confidence. he could be my boss. >> harris: steve centanni live with the news from d.c. right now steve, his supporters
now to washington next defense a secretary. it's giving way to the next step. committee vote on chuck hagel could come as early as this week. is he a former nebraska senator. coming off that grilling on capitol hill. tonight, new criticism of his performance from both key republicans and democrats, including the president's former press secretary robert gibbs. disconcerting thing for anybody that watched it he seemed unprepared on the questions that quite frankly he knew was coming. >>...
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we look back at leon panetta's tenure as defense secretary. find an assessment and slide show on our "world" page. and on tonight's "need to know," ray hosts a roundtable discussion on how to keep medicare intact. that's on most pbs stations later this evening. find a link to "need to know" and more on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadca
we look back at leon panetta's tenure as defense secretary. find an assessment and slide show on our "world" page. and on tonight's "need to know," ray hosts a roundtable discussion on how to keep medicare intact. that's on most pbs stations later this evening. find a link to "need to know" and more on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown....
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. >>> outgoing defense secretary leon panetta wants congress to chop the pay raise for the u.s. military. panetta's proposing cutting military salaries to a 1% increase next year instead of the proposed 1.7% increase on the books right now. it's tided to the 2014 budget proposal expected to be sent to congress this month. the pentagon is racing for automatic -- bracing for automatic butt cuts on march -- budget cuts on march 1st unless congress intervenes, saturday mail service will be a thing of the past. >>> u.s. postal service officials announced they will stop delivering first class mail on saturdays but packages will be delivered. the change which goes into effect august 1st is expected to save a few billion dollars. the agency also plans to implement a number of other cost cutting measures. postal officials have been calling on congress to pass legislation to ease their fiscal pain. >>> it's official. the iron is now out. the cat is now in. monopoly announced the change on its facebook page. the company used an online contest to choose the new token and there you see it's
. >>> outgoing defense secretary leon panetta wants congress to chop the pay raise for the u.s. military. panetta's proposing cutting military salaries to a 1% increase next year instead of the proposed 1.7% increase on the books right now. it's tided to the 2014 budget proposal expected to be sent to congress this month. the pentagon is racing for automatic -- bracing for automatic butt cuts on march -- budget cuts on march 1st unless congress intervenes, saturday mail service will be...
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[laughter] following her service in the canadian forces, she has become a defense scientist on their behalf, and she's the editor and contributing writer to several books about women in the canadian forces. she's an expert in culture, diversity, gender, leadership and women in the combat arms. she's completed her ph.d. dissertation entitled negotiations gender in the canadian forces, 1970-1999. next to her is captain lori manning, she spent 25 years in the navy, served on many high-level staff including those of the chief of naval affairs, commander u.s. forces europe and the cno. she is the direct or of the women in military project at the women's research and education institute. she served for six years on secretary of veterans affairs advisory committee on women vets and was a member of the military advisory committee at the service members' legal defense network for three years. and on the end next to her is colonel ingrid gjerde with operational experience in the norwegian army. she began active duty in 1987 and has ground combat experience to share with us. she served as a pla
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. >> and what about john brennan's defense of enhanced interrogations? you were familiar with that era as well at the agency. he said he spoke out against it, but only to colleagues. not to superiors apparently. senator chambliss said, you know, there's no record of anyone satisfying you objected to what was later deemed by the attorney general to be torture. >> well, you know, listening to john brennan's answers on those questions, i don't think he is trying in any sense to present himself as a crusader against the program that existed at that time. i think he is saying that he spoke off line quietly to some colleagues about reservations he had on some aspects of the program. i don't doubt he did that. i know john to be an honest, truthful person, but he also respected the chain of command at that time, and the program was authorized by the justice department and the other point that bears emphasis is that in the job he had he was not in the chain of command, if you will, for either creating, authorizing, overseeing, implementing the program and in his
. >> and what about john brennan's defense of enhanced interrogations? you were familiar with that era as well at the agency. he said he spoke out against it, but only to colleagues. not to superiors apparently. senator chambliss said, you know, there's no record of anyone satisfying you objected to what was later deemed by the attorney general to be torture. >> well, you know, listening to john brennan's answers on those questions, i don't think he is trying in any sense to present...
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and fact that commander in chief, secretary of state, secretary of defense, start of defense was managing the whole thing he said point plungee point-blank, the president left it to us to hand element the argument about imcompetence with the bush team, which was not true, they were not true with the bush team, with this team you do have a time of incompetance, where is the outrage, and where are the patriots to stand up and speak out against this kind of behavior. lou: luckily, a number of them are u.s. sens senators had a goy of questions. we'll address those next, stay with us, with the a-team, we'll be right back. did you know not all fiber is the same? citrucel is different- it's the only fiber for regularity that won't cause excess gas. it's gentle and clinically proven to help restore and maintain regularity. look for citrucel today. officewith an online package new colincluding: domain name,y! it's gentle and clinically proven to help restore and maintain regularity. website builder with five pages and basic email just $49.99! that's up to 76 percent below online providers and only
and fact that commander in chief, secretary of state, secretary of defense, start of defense was managing the whole thing he said point plungee point-blank, the president left it to us to hand element the argument about imcompetence with the bush team, which was not true, they were not true with the bush team, with this team you do have a time of incompetance, where is the outrage, and where are the patriots to stand up and speak out against this kind of behavior. lou: luckily, a number of them...
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. >> the defense secretary leon panetta was also on capitol hill today talking about the attack on the u.s. outpost in benghazi. he told a senate committee there was not enough time for the military to respond to the rampage that killed the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. foreign service officer sean smith and two former navy seals. tyrone woods and glen daughtery. one republican pointed out commanders didn't know how long the attack would last. >> was any airplane launched anywhere in the world to help these people? >> well, we ultimately did launch 130s to go in and rescue the people. >> when were they launched? >> they were launched in the period of time when the team went in there and when we concluded, the attack was concluded. we said we have got to get the people out of there. >> senator john mccain asked secretary panetta about syria and the idea of arming the opposition firefighters there. >> did -- fighters there. >> did you support the recommendation by secretary of state -- then secretary clinton and then head of cia general petraeus that we provide weapons to the resistance
. >> the defense secretary leon panetta was also on capitol hill today talking about the attack on the u.s. outpost in benghazi. he told a senate committee there was not enough time for the military to respond to the rampage that killed the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. foreign service officer sean smith and two former navy seals. tyrone woods and glen daughtery. one republican pointed out commanders didn't know how long the attack would last. >> was any airplane launched anywhere...
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defense spending in terms of overall percent of gdp in just two years. china is slated to overtake the u.s. in 2035. >> we've seen double digit increase s in chinese defense spending for more than 15 years now, and that really should not only give pause to the united states but it really should be a source of concern for the countries in the region as well. >> reporter: two years ago, then defense secretary robert gates brow beat nato allies to spent two percent of their gdp on defense. when france wanted to send forces into mali to counter al-qaeda in recent weeks, the u.s. had to provide the airlift and refueling because france needed u.s. help. >> these guys have been going gang busters, rolling out prototypes of advanced weapons systems, whether it's new missiles, aircrafts, new drone aircraft. >> others argue that even with the sequester, the u.s. budget will drafe dwarf it's adversari. >> if is h sequestration happeno from spenting 40 cents out of every dollar to 38 cents. >> reporter: u.s. taxpayers spent $7 liv 11 billion, the equivalent of the n
defense spending in terms of overall percent of gdp in just two years. china is slated to overtake the u.s. in 2035. >> we've seen double digit increase s in chinese defense spending for more than 15 years now, and that really should not only give pause to the united states but it really should be a source of concern for the countries in the region as well. >> reporter: two years ago, then defense secretary robert gates brow beat nato allies to spent two percent of their gdp on...
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what's at issue here is we have an organization that's long stood in defense of traditional american moral values. it's attracted parents and supporters from churches precisely because it's in defense of those values. the supreme court has held that the boy scouts have a first amendment constitutional right to pursue their values and to exclude leaders whose presence would be inconsistent with those values. that includes, by the way, not just gays but atheists. we can respect and do respect our fellow citizens that are gays and atheists, we love our fellow relatives and friends that are gays and atheists but we are not obligated to regard them as suitable as scout leaders. >> let me ask zach to weigh in on this. >> i think it's traditional ed is going for the traditional moral framework, he's trying to define this as a liberal fundamental tradition that's become popular in america in the last 40 years. the reality is there are christians of all nominations that are applauding the policy change including united church of christ, one of the top church sponsor who issued a statement on
what's at issue here is we have an organization that's long stood in defense of traditional american moral values. it's attracted parents and supporters from churches precisely because it's in defense of those values. the supreme court has held that the boy scouts have a first amendment constitutional right to pursue their values and to exclude leaders whose presence would be inconsistent with those values. that includes, by the way, not just gays but atheists. we can respect and do respect our...